Joseph Barret (1665–1699) was an English businessman and theological writer.
Biography
Barret was the son of
John Barret, a
nonconformist minister at
Nottingham
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, and was born at Sandivere, Derbyshire, 2 August 1665. He was educated at Nottingham, where, from the sobriety of his ways, the boys called him "good man". His parents wished him to be apprenticed in London, but he preferred remaining at Nottingham, where he married Millicent, daughter of
John Reyner, sometime fellow of
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mo ...
. He appears to have prospered in business, and to have been remarkable from childhood for his consistent piety. He died 28 August 1699.
Works
His ''Remains'' (London, 1700), include an account of his religious experiences, occasional meditations, letters, and a brief character of him by his father.
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Family
Five children survived their father.
References
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1665 births
1699 deaths
British religious writers